Wagon-standard.



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HE STATES ATF I WILLIAM K. FRALEY, OF LEBANON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM H. HOSTETTER, OF SAME PLACE.

WAGON-STAN DARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 673,867, dated May 14, 1901. Application filed November 19, 1900. Serial No. 36,931. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern: care should be taken that that portion in front l Be it known that I, WILLIAM K. FRALEY, of the thimble 13 should lie immediately a citizen of the United States, residing at above the mortise 5 for a purpose which will Lebanon, in the county of Boone and State be made to appear. Under ordinary circum- 55 5 of Indiana, have invented a new and useful stances the inner edges of the castings 6 and Vagon-Standard, of which the following is a 7form astandard against which material may specification. be piled. If it is desired to extend this stand- My invention relates to an improvement in ard, the operator has merely to use a stake 15, standards for lumber or box-bed wagons. one dimension of which is equal to the dis- 6o 1o The object of my invention is to produce a tance between the adjacent faces of the castwagon-standard of such form that it may be ings and the other dimension of which is readilyT attached to holsters of different thickequal to the distance between the inner edges nesses and of such form that astraight lengthof said castings and the thimble I3, said stake @ning-stake may be used in connection therebeing provided at its lower end with a tenon 65 15 with to form an extension, the inner face of adapted to enter the mortise 5. If desired, which shall lie in the same plane as the inner each casting 6 and 7 may be provided with a face of the standard and without narrowing keyhole opening lb', through which and a the available width of the wagon-bed. similar opening through a stake l5 may be The accompanying drawings illustrate my passed a key 17, which, when it has been in- 7o zo invention. serted may be allowed to turn so that its iin- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wagonger 18 will prevent an accidental withdrawal bolster provided with a pair of my improved thereof. standards, a lengthening-stake being placed It will be noticed that my standard is such in one of the standards. Fig. 2 is a sectional that it may be easily fitted to any thickness 75 z5 detail. of bolster, and when provided with a thimble In the drawings, et indicates a bolster of the 13 of the proper length is rigid in position. ordinary form, provided at each end with the A further advantage lies in the fact that a usual stake-mortise 5. perfectly straight lengtheningstake 15 may My improved standard consists of right be used, and that this lengtheningstake will 8o 3o and left castings 6 and 7, which are compleform a continuation of the inner face of the ments one of the other. Each of these caststandard, so that the usual offset does not apings is provided upon its outside edge with pear. an ear 8, having an elongated boss 9 formed I claim as my inventionupon its inner face, said boss being perforated 1. A wagon-standard composed of a pair of 8 5 35 by one or more bolt-holes 10. Each casting complementary pieces adapted to be secured is also provided at its base with a foot ll, to the bolster, a removable strut, and means adapted to rest upon the Lipper face of the for detachably securing said strut between bolster, and a flange 12, which extends down the Lipper ends of said pieces at a point away alongside the bolster. Flange 12 is provided from the working edges of said pieces, the 9o 4o with suitable bolt-holes,by means of which the arrangement being such that a lengtheningtwo castings may be bolted upon the bolster, stake may be placed between said pieces so as shown. The upper ends of the castings as to form a continuous edge thereto. are maintained a proper distance apart by 2. Awag0n-standard composed of apairof means of a thimble 13, formed, preferably, of complementary sides adapted to be secured to 95 45 sheet metal. Thimble 13 is adapted to receive the bolster, a detachable thimble, and means bosses 9 and to extend between the ears 8 to for clamping said thimble between the upper form a strut, bolts 14 passingthrough holes 10 ends of said sides at a point away from the and clamping the parts firmly together. The working edges of said pieces, the arrangelength ol' the thimble 13 will be dependent mentbeingsuch thatalengthening-stakemay roo 5o upon the thickness of the bolster 4:. In boltbe placed between said pieces so as to form a ing the two castings 6 and 7 to the bolster continuous edge thereto.

3. A wagonstandard composed of a pair of mortise, the arrangement being such that a Io complementary sides each provided with a lengthening-stake may be placed in said morperforated boss 9 upon its adjacent face, a. 'oise and supported between the sides of said thimble 13 adapted to fit over and extend bestandard so as .to form a continuous inner 5 tween said bosses, and a bolt for clamping edge thereto.

said thimble bet-Ween said sides. WILLIAM K. FRALEY.

4. The eornbinationwith the bolster having Witnesses: Y a mortise therein,of a three-sided or U -shaped G. M. ZION,

standard secured to said bolster adjacent said GEORGE W. NEW. 

